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Payton Marrs
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Urbandale, Iowa
- High School:
- Urbandale HS
Bio
2022 (SOPHOMORE): College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... Finished in 28th place in a time of 26:07.02 at the Redbird Invite... UNI's first finisher at the Gans Creek Classic, landing in 75th place in a time of 24:55 ... Placed 203rd at the Bradley Pink Classic running a time of 25:51 ... Ran a time of 26:25 finishing in 56th place - second among UNI runners by just five seconds - at the MVC Championships ... Finished in 156th place at NCAA Regionals in a time of 32:04 in the 10K race ... Placed fourth or better for UNI runners in all five events.
2021 (FRESHMAN): Finished in the top three on the team in every race he competed ... opened the season with 24th-place finish as UNI's second runner with a time of 24 19:21.70 ... was UNI's third finisher at the Redbird Invitational with a 45th-place finish in a time of 25:48.80 ... led the team at the Bradley Pink Classic with a 95th place finish in a time of 25:24.3 ... was UNI's second finisher at the MVC Championships with a 27th-place finish in a time of 27 25:43 ... was UNI's second finisher at regionals taking 110th place in a time of 32:46.92.
HIGH SCHOOL: Part of Drake Relays 4x800 championship relay team in 2018 for Urbandale High School (Iowa) ... three-time 3,200 meter run state qualifier ... two-time state qualifier in the 1,600 and 4x800 ... four-time state cross country qualifier, earning elite all-state in 2017 and 2019 ... had senior year of track canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic ... was on honor roll all four years ... was cross country team captain in 2017, 2018 and 2019 ... also played basketball and competed in swimming in addition to cross country and track and field.Â
PERSONAL: Majoring in social sciences ... from Urbandale, Iowa ... son of AJ and Jennifer Marrs ... has two younger siblings, Sam and Sawyer ... enjoys fishing and disc golf.
2021 (FRESHMAN): Finished in the top three on the team in every race he competed ... opened the season with 24th-place finish as UNI's second runner with a time of 24 19:21.70 ... was UNI's third finisher at the Redbird Invitational with a 45th-place finish in a time of 25:48.80 ... led the team at the Bradley Pink Classic with a 95th place finish in a time of 25:24.3 ... was UNI's second finisher at the MVC Championships with a 27th-place finish in a time of 27 25:43 ... was UNI's second finisher at regionals taking 110th place in a time of 32:46.92.
HIGH SCHOOL: Part of Drake Relays 4x800 championship relay team in 2018 for Urbandale High School (Iowa) ... three-time 3,200 meter run state qualifier ... two-time state qualifier in the 1,600 and 4x800 ... four-time state cross country qualifier, earning elite all-state in 2017 and 2019 ... had senior year of track canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic ... was on honor roll all four years ... was cross country team captain in 2017, 2018 and 2019 ... also played basketball and competed in swimming in addition to cross country and track and field.Â
PERSONAL: Majoring in social sciences ... from Urbandale, Iowa ... son of AJ and Jennifer Marrs ... has two younger siblings, Sam and Sawyer ... enjoys fishing and disc golf.
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